24-01-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130022954A1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for facilitating online conversation. In one aspect, a method includes determining that a user has submitted a question to be viewed by trusted participants of an online conversation, wherein the trusted participants include the user, one or more advertisers and one or more social network friends of the user, obtaining a reply to the question from one of the trusted participants, and providing the reply to the trusted participants. 1one or more computers; and determining that a user has submitted a question to be viewed by trusted participants of an online conversation, wherein the trusted participants include the user, one or more advertisers and one or more social network friends of the user;', 'obtaining a reply to the question from one of the trusted participants; and', 'providing the reply to the trusted participants., 'a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising. A system comprising: This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/752,424, filed Apr. 1, 2010, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.This specification generally relates to online conversations.Search engines provide search results in response to users' queries. While search results often get users ‘into the ballpark’ of the information that they desire, it is not uncommon for users to have to iteratively reformulate their search queries to find the exact information that they are seeking. Even after running multiple search queries, however, a user may still not locate this specific information.According to one innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this specification, a user initiates an online conversation by submitting a question. The question is posed to parties ...
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